Dream House Story
I want a house. My own house.
Not an apartment or penthouse, not a luxury house with 150++ m2 land area, but not a very tiny house either. I imagine it will be around 90 m2 of land area. I realize property price is really high these days compared to my parents in the early 1990s and 2000s (I lived in Indonesia). I realize that most likely my future house is much smaller than my parents’. But it doesn’t matter, it may be the best option for me too considering I don’t want to have many people inside the house. With smaller house, it’ll be easier to clean and do all the housework without a household assistant too. I think it’s better to do it all by myself, or ourselves if someday I have a wife and maybe kids. Cleaning the house, washing the clothes and dishes, cooking, ironing, I am used to all of that since my childhood.
But for now, let me introduce you to my imaginary house. I am neither an architect nor interior designer, and don’t have any background knowledge at it either. First of all, I think my house will be a two-floor house with open-space concept. From the outside, it will be just a simple house with many windows (natural light is the best), gable roof and not-so-big balcony. I don’t like too much color, so I hope it will consist of not-more than 3 main colors (white — black — and gray never go wrong I guess?). The house will have carport with space enough for at least 1 car and motorcycle. Honestly, I think in the future I will have an electric car so better be ready for charging port too. At the front of the main door, a small garden with short plants may exist. Just next to the main door, a shoe rack exists to keep the shoes (no shoes entered the house) and maybe a place for the umbrella too. Tap water should be available too because I like to wash my car or motorcycle regularly. Besides, we need it for watering the plants or doing stupid things in the carport with my future children.
The interior for the first floor will be dominated by monochrome color (black, white, and mostly dark grey). Honestly, these are just the basic colors and never go wrong, I think. The floor will be dark grey so it doesn’t look too bad when it’s dirty, the wall will be white so it doesn’t feel always at night, and black may exist in some of the furniture. Entering from the main door, the house will have small living room for guest with light grey L-shaped couch, a standing lamp, and black circle coffee table. Next to living room, there will be a small partition (behind the L-shaped couch) to TV/family room where air conditioner is located. Family room will have a black wall panel with TV inside and white cabinet for storage on the top and at the bottom of it. I am not really into wall painting, so better keep the wall clean or use it for storage (use some kind of wall cabinet or others). The sofa in front of the TV will have darker grey color than the living room’s with small loop pile carpet and rectangle-shaped coffee table. Behind the sofa, there should be enough space to walk before the stairs to 2nd floor. Below the stairs, there will be a small powder room with split level down.
Next to the family room, there will be an L-shaped kitchen set dominated with black and white color. White carrara for the kitchen table, backsplash (with LED-strip light), and cabinet above it; black for stove, fridge, and all the cabinet below the table; light grey may exist for sink, faucet, and cooker hood. Just in front of the kitchen, of course there will be small dining room for 4 people. The table will be white (with glossy touch I think) but the chair is black. Next to the dining room, there will be a glass door to open-area at the corner of the house. It may contain very tiny laundry room with front-loading washing machine, ironing table, and open area for drying clothes. If there is still enough space, maybe I will use it as an attic too. I think I don’t need much things to keep, but better be ready for it.
The second floor will be for bedrooms with additional touch. The stairs will direct us to the front side of the house and glass door separate between the indoor and balcony above the carport. And just at the right side of the stairs there will be a long black table with 2 white chairs, enough for 2 people to sit side-by-side working at home. The chairs have to be comfortable enough to sit for a long time and the table shall fit our laptop and have space at the bottom to insert the chair so will still leave us an enough space to walk. The glass door will bring the sunlight from the left-side of the table so hopefully it is enough for video call. For the bedrooms, at least I will need 3 bedrooms at the corner of the house so all of it will have window to get the sunlight. 1 bathroom dominated with white and grey color with a touch of black will be enough to accommodate maximum of 2 children while another bathroom will be in the master bedroom. Each of the bedroom will have single-sized bed, air conditioner, a wardrobe, and small table with chair. The master bedroom will have black and white interior just as the others, but differ with the 1st floor which all of the wall will be mainly white and light grey, the master bedroom will have black background for just the wall behind the white queen-sized bed. There will be air conditioner, wardrobe and table with cabinet and big mirrors (you know it’s not for me). I don’t really need much bed space, I don’t have many clothes, and I don’t need spacious bathroom (sorry my future wife, there’s not enough space for bathtub in this house).
And that’s my imaginary house, so let’s back to the reality. Thinking about it again, I think it will need around 135++ m2 of building, a quite huge number for 90 m2 land. And here’s the problem, money. Currently, I am living in a rented-room because I can’t afford a house. Sometimes, I think my dream is too much, and maybe you’re right. I personally think it will cost more than 1.5 billion IDR (slightly over 100k USD but depends on the region too). But today, I want to forget about the property cost, my salary which currently is much lower than it needs to buy a house, or my investment portfolio which I’m still working on it too. I want to appreciate myself because I think this is one of the biggest desires I have ever felt until the day I wrote this. Yes, I want to have a better job, I want an electric car, sometimes I want to have a girlfriend, and back then I wanted my father back from the afterlife. But for now and maybe for the next 5 years (perhaps), I will keep this desire and hopefully I can make it. Wish me luck!
